Claire James
@claire-james.bsky.social
Looking for some nice content to break up the doomscrolling. Londoner. Climate campaigner (see @campaigncc.bsky.social)
Not a parody.
Margarine 'woke'
Margarine 'woke'
October 31, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Not a parody.
Margarine 'woke'
Margarine 'woke'
I don't think the message is very well hidden..
October 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I don't think the message is very well hidden..
I think I want all my political information to be delivered as Richard Scarry-style cartoons. It's the only way I can cope.
October 3, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I think I want all my political information to be delivered as Richard Scarry-style cartoons. It's the only way I can cope.
Agree but...
Sliver = a small thin piece of something
Slither = to move with a smooth, slippery, often twisting motion
Sliver = a small thin piece of something
Slither = to move with a smooth, slippery, often twisting motion
September 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Agree but...
Sliver = a small thin piece of something
Slither = to move with a smooth, slippery, often twisting motion
Sliver = a small thin piece of something
Slither = to move with a smooth, slippery, often twisting motion
"Jeremy Kyle leads emotional tributes..."
Same audience
Same audience
August 4, 2025 at 5:42 PM
"Jeremy Kyle leads emotional tributes..."
Same audience
Same audience
Can’t help wondering if the product page always said this or if it’s a recent update.
July 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Can’t help wondering if the product page always said this or if it’s a recent update.
Well I for one can't see what about this messaging would make people who are immigrants and/or have brown skin feel unwelcome...
July 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Well I for one can't see what about this messaging would make people who are immigrants and/or have brown skin feel unwelcome...
Things that are better now than they used to be… it’s a short list, but:
Municipal planting. More Mediterranean, fewer bedding plants.
This lovely hibiscus bush was in a random street flower bed not far from Whitechapel station (East London).
Municipal planting. More Mediterranean, fewer bedding plants.
This lovely hibiscus bush was in a random street flower bed not far from Whitechapel station (East London).
July 23, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Things that are better now than they used to be… it’s a short list, but:
Municipal planting. More Mediterranean, fewer bedding plants.
This lovely hibiscus bush was in a random street flower bed not far from Whitechapel station (East London).
Municipal planting. More Mediterranean, fewer bedding plants.
This lovely hibiscus bush was in a random street flower bed not far from Whitechapel station (East London).
July 23, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Quite something that the government has made themselves look both callous and ridiculous in their priorities over Gaza. Leaving the moral case aside, did no one foresee just how bad this juxtaposition would look?
July 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Quite something that the government has made themselves look both callous and ridiculous in their priorities over Gaza. Leaving the moral case aside, did no one foresee just how bad this juxtaposition would look?
I genuinely had to do a double take to work out that the subheading referred to Epstein and not Trump.
July 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I genuinely had to do a double take to work out that the subheading referred to Epstein and not Trump.
Yes, ‘Judeo-Christian tradition’. But not your heritage, Ethiopians. Or you, Palestinian Christians. Or you in Guatemala. Or Nigeria. You are the WRONG kind of Christians and Jews.
July 20, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Yes, ‘Judeo-Christian tradition’. But not your heritage, Ethiopians. Or you, Palestinian Christians. Or you in Guatemala. Or Nigeria. You are the WRONG kind of Christians and Jews.
Or a vending machine for use by ducks…
July 11, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Or a vending machine for use by ducks…
"Reform UK to introduce less stringent ‘common sense’ vetting system for candidates": www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Also from yesterday:
Reform has lost 11 councillors since May's local elections, not counting a 12th charged with assault and criminal damage. www.markpack.org.uk/175323/sam-b...
Also from yesterday:
Reform has lost 11 councillors since May's local elections, not counting a 12th charged with assault and criminal damage. www.markpack.org.uk/175323/sam-b...
July 8, 2025 at 10:55 AM
"Reform UK to introduce less stringent ‘common sense’ vetting system for candidates": www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Also from yesterday:
Reform has lost 11 councillors since May's local elections, not counting a 12th charged with assault and criminal damage. www.markpack.org.uk/175323/sam-b...
Also from yesterday:
Reform has lost 11 councillors since May's local elections, not counting a 12th charged with assault and criminal damage. www.markpack.org.uk/175323/sam-b...
This is poetry. And hits hard because it's true.
therickwilson.substack.com/p/in-texas-t...
therickwilson.substack.com/p/in-texas-t...
July 8, 2025 at 9:24 AM
This is poetry. And hits hard because it's true.
therickwilson.substack.com/p/in-texas-t...
therickwilson.substack.com/p/in-texas-t...
To break up the doomscrolling, here are some bees.
June 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
To break up the doomscrolling, here are some bees.
Interesting, but I was expecting it to show more of a dramatic difference between UK and the north-west European coast, and the rest of Europe. Maybe that's there but I can't see it at a glance.
June 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Interesting, but I was expecting it to show more of a dramatic difference between UK and the north-west European coast, and the rest of Europe. Maybe that's there but I can't see it at a glance.
Or Maus. No sunset on this book cover.
March 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Or Maus. No sunset on this book cover.
Aside from dressing up angst, I wanted to give a World Book Day plug for childrensbookproject.co.uk
If you're doing a spring clear out of books your kids have outgrown, do support this charity getting books to children with very few books of their own.
You could even hold a book drive at work.
If you're doing a spring clear out of books your kids have outgrown, do support this charity getting books to children with very few books of their own.
You could even hold a book drive at work.
March 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Aside from dressing up angst, I wanted to give a World Book Day plug for childrensbookproject.co.uk
If you're doing a spring clear out of books your kids have outgrown, do support this charity getting books to children with very few books of their own.
You could even hold a book drive at work.
If you're doing a spring clear out of books your kids have outgrown, do support this charity getting books to children with very few books of their own.
You could even hold a book drive at work.
Purple crocuses in early spring sunshine.
March 6, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Purple crocuses in early spring sunshine.
